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Now gather[H1413] thyself in troops[H1416], O daughter[H1323] of troops[H1416]: he hath laid[H7760]siege[H4692] against us: they shall smite[H5221] the judge[H8199] of Israel[H3478] with a rod[H7626] upon the cheek[H3895].
2
But thou, Bethlehem[H1035]Ephratah[H672], though thou be little[H6810] among the thousands[H505] of Judah[H3063], yet out of thee shall he come forth[H3318] unto me that is to be ruler[H4910] in Israel[H3478]; whose goings forth[H4163] have been from of old[H6924], from everlasting[H3117].
3
Therefore will he give them up[H5414], until the time[H6256] that she which travaileth[H3205] hath brought forth[H3205]: then the remnant[H3499] of his brethren[H251] shall return[H7725] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
4
And he shall stand[H5975] and feed[H7462] in the strength[H5797] of the LORD[H3068], in the majesty[H1347] of the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] his God[H430]; and they shall abide[H3427]: for now shall he be great[H1431] unto the ends[H657] of the earth[H776].
5
And this man shall be the peace[H7965], when the Assyrian[H804] shall come[H935] into our land[H776]: and when he shall tread[H1869] in our palaces[H759], then shall we raise[H6965] against him seven[H7651]shepherds[H7462], and eight[H8083]principal[H5257]men[H120].
6
And they shall waste[H7462] the land[H776] of Assyria[H804] with the sword[H2719], and the land[H776] of Nimrod[H5248] in the entrances[H6607] thereof: thus shall he deliver[H5337] us from the Assyrian[H804], when he cometh[H935] into our land[H776], and when he treadeth[H1869] within our borders[H1366].
7
And the remnant[H7611] of Jacob[H3290] shall be in the midst[H7130] of many[H7227]people[H5971] as a dew[H2919] from the LORD[H3068], as the showers[H7241] upon the grass[H6212], that tarrieth[H6960] not for man[H376], nor waiteth[H3176] for the sons[H1121] of men[H120].
8
And the remnant[H7611] of Jacob[H3290] shall be among the Gentiles[H1471] in the midst[H7130] of many[H7227]people[H5971] as a lion[H738] among the beasts[H929] of the forest[H3293], as a young lion[H3715] among the flocks[H5739] of sheep[H6629]: who, if he go through[H5674], both treadeth down[H7429], and teareth in pieces[H2963], and none can deliver[H5337].
9
Thine hand[H3027] shall be lifted up[H7311] upon thine adversaries[H6862], and all thine enemies[H341] shall be cut off[H3772].
10
And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will cut off[H3772] thy horses[H5483] out of the midst[H7130] of thee, and I will destroy[H6] thy chariots[H4818]:
11
And I will cut off[H3772] the cities[H6145] of thy land[H776], and throw down[H2040] all thy strong holds[H4013]:
12
And I will cut off[H3772]witchcrafts[H3785] out of thine hand[H3027]; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers[H6049]:
13
Thy graven images[H6456] also will I cut off[H3772], and thy standing images[H4676] out of the midst[H7130] of thee; and thou shalt no more worship[H7812] the work[H4639] of thine hands[H3027].
14
And I will pluck up[H5428] thy groves[H842] out of the midst[H7130] of thee: so will I destroy[H8045] thy cities[H6145].
15
And I will execute[H6213]vengeance[H5359] in anger[H639] and fury[H2534] upon the heathen[H1471], such as they have not heard[H8085].